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“Kudzu Chronicles: A Southern Writers Event at Art on the Square” will bring published authors and panel discussions to the Athens State University Center for Lifelong Learning in downtown Athens Sept. 7-8.
On Saturday, Sept. 8, attendees can come free to hear authors speak on a variety of topics, and join discussions on writing, getting published and historical research and genealogy. Some of the authors who will speak include Christopher Fuqua (“Alabama Musicians”), Dr. Julie Hedgepeth Williams (“A Rare Titanic Family: The Caldwells’ Story of Survival”), Kris Reisz (“Unleashed” and other teen science fiction), Robert S. Davis (“Chasing Your Alabama Past” and Civil War history), Peggy Allen Towns (“Duty Driven: North Alabama African Americans during the Civil War”), Rusty Bynum (Alabama history), Sara McDaris (children’s books), Kelly Kazek (“‘Twas the Night Before Iron Bowl,”) Jerry Barksdale (“Cornbread Chronicles”), Bill Hunt (“The Last Witness from a Dirt Road”) Penne Laubenthal, Charlotte Fulton and Karen Middleton and Frank Travis.
Tickets to the Friday night kickoff party are $20 each and attendees can meet the authors and have them sign books, as well as enjoy southern refreshments. Attendees can also participate in a silent auction of books signed by a variety of southern authors such as Rick Bragg, Winston Groom, Daniel Wallace, Mark Childress, Rheta Grimsley Johnson, Shellie Rushing Thomlinson, Celia Rivenbark, Keith Dunnavant, the participating authors and more.
For information on Kudzu Chronicles, contact Wanda Campbell at the Center for Lifelong Learning at 256-233-6520. Check out an event Facebook page coming next week.
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